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Tectonic control of graphite mineralization in Sri Lanka

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

K. K. M. W. Silva
K. K. M. W. Silva
Affiliation:
Department of GeologyUniversity of Sri LankaPeradeniya CampusPeradeniyaSri Lanka (Ceylon)
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Summary

The localization of graphite veins in well-defined regions within anticlinal structures of the SW sector of the island, where the rocks have been migmatitized partially by a reactivation, is very significant. The graphite mineralization seems to have taken place during the above mentioned reactivation and has followed regions of structural weakness developed during the folding of the metasedimentary rocks.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 111 , Issue 4 , July 1974 , pp. 307 - 312
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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